Electric-heated steering-wheel.



R. S. SMITH.

ELECTRIC HEATED STEERING WHEEL.

' I fizzziaflm APPLICATION FILED JAN.21,1913.

Witnesses Inventor r Atto r neys UNITED stern nose ese.

Specification ltctters Fastest.

em m "r i wii risot o-es Application filed January 1915.3, lilo. reason.

To all wiz om it may concern:

Be it known that l, REUBEN E. SMITH, a citizen of the United States,residingat Marshall, in the county of Harrison and State of Texas, haveinvented a new and useful Electric-listed Steering-iWhoeh o which thefollowing is a specification.

One object of the present invention is to i provide a novel form ofheating member which may be assembled readily with a steering element,such as thesteering Wheel of an automobile, the construction being; suchthat the heating element is housed, Without materially changing thestandard form of the steering Wheel and Without 1nutilating the steeringWheel to an undesir able extent.

Another object of the invention is to provide novel means for insulatingfll'ldil'Ol connecting operatively, the several constituent elements ofthe structure. i It is Within the scope of the invention to improvegenerally and to enhance the utility of, devices of that type to whichthe present invention appertains.

*vVith the foregoing and other objects in View which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the C011]- bination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of I the invention herein disclosed can he made Within thescope of What is claimed Without departing from the spirit of theinvention In the drawingz-l igure l shows'the in vention in perspective,applied to a portion of a steering Wheel; Fig. 2 is a transverse sectionof the steering Wheel, showing the heating member assembled. therewith;Firm 3 is e fragmental longitudinal section cit the heating member, theheating c cuit be ing shown diagrammatically; and Big. 4 is a plan ofthat portion of the device which is shown in Fig. In the drawing, thenumersl 1 indicates generally a steering member which may he thesteering Wheel of an automobile, a mo tor boat or like vehicle. In theinner face of the steering member 1 is fashioned a re 1 ces's 2.Extended across the recess is e closure 3, of trough-shaped form theclo- I sure 3 being fashioned from metal, porcelein, or any othersuitable material The I ends of the closure 3 extend beyond the ends ofthe and screws l or other seem"- ingr elc ion s pass through the of theclosure 3 and engage the steering member it beyond the ends of therecess As indicsted at !,-thc longitudinal edges of the closure overlapthe steering member l be yond the longitudinal edges of the cecessthereby completely closing the recess The device further includesadzngted' to store the heat generat d by the resistanc coill'ioreinoftcr described. The core i l r 'l; is flattened upon one sideso as to lie parallel with the loose oi the recess being the other sideof the core 6 curved to conform to the curvature of'the closure 3,

Wrapned about the core 6 which is t other ma, heat, is at sulatoin is acovering l 'hioned from mice or from some at which, being a conductorthe same time an electrical in-- m "ms 8 the like three the ends of ccore and engage the closure 0. The screws 8 constitut means for ing; thecor ing '4" in moving; Wise on the core (.3. ll onn about the c ing 7 iss resistance coi which may made of Geri on silver Wire the ends the coilmerging; into i'trfiilble 10 which passes outwardly through an openingll in one end of the closure The ends of the resist" ance coil 9 areconnected with opposite sides of source oi electrical current,indicated. diegrernmatically at in Fig. 3. A lining- 14:, yrel erehlytaking the form a sheet of mica or other i Vtcrial having similsr properties is interposed between the resistance coil and the closur'il'i'iif; lining it serves to insulate the r stance coil 9 from the oln Wl'iich F sirahle fashioned, "from cone lining 1% lies he" i end-wisemovement .act the ends otche sistsnce coil from coming into electricalcontact with closure and therefore, the closure, when of conducting mafrial cannot be charged 4 .W x; a. no understood thst W I a core 6 which,ordinarily is :tsshionetl from metal and is 9, whenbore, will heprevented;

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unit may be of any form adapted for use in the combination shown and forthe purposes set forth.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. In a deviceof the class described, a steering member having a superficial recess; aclosure for the recess; an electrical heating unit carried by theclosure; and means for securing the closure to the steering member.

2. In a device of the class described, a

vsteering member having a superficial recess; a closure for the recess;an electrical heating unit secured to the closure; means for securingthe closure to the steering member; and an insulating element lyingbetween the heating unit and the closure, the edges of theinsulatingelement lying close to the base of the recess.

In testimony that I claimthe foregoing as my oWn, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

- REUBEN S. SMITH.

Witnesses:

W. T. Goon, LEE FISHER.

